Automobile lock



Aug I L. WEITZWMNy AUTOMOBILE LOCK xxxxxxx l/ n UMC/1j: Luuls Weman mounted for Patented Aug. 2l, i923.

- severas LOUIS 'WEITZMAN, OF MLWATIKE, WISCONSIN.

AUTOMOBILE Locri.

Application ed tober 8, 1321. Serial No, 508,357,

State of llisconsin, have invented certainv new and useful Improvements in Automobile Locks; andI do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a new and improved automobile lock such as may be' used for locking an automobile to prevent its use by unauthorized. persons.

' The object of the invention is broadly to provide an improved means for locking the clutch lever in neutral position and ifdesired the same principlemay be carried out for locking the other operating levers.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide structure of this kind which is simple and inexpensive and may be attached to the automobile with the minimum amount of labor and expense. l y

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated one form of my invention as it may be applied to an automobile of a well known type but it is to be understood that the principle ot the invention may be used in c011- nection with any automobile of standard make.

In the drawing Y Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention with the front'of the casing cut away in order to show the interior construction, and

AFigure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

In carrying out my `invention VI provide a plate 1 which is secured by suitable screws or the like to the floor board 2 of an auto: mobile. Secured to the plate are guideways and 4 in which a keeper 5 is longitudinally slidable. YWithin the keeper a shackle 6 is transverse movement being guided b v the side 7 of the keeper and by the slots 8 which ride on the pins 9 which are secured to the plate; The shackle may be provided with one or more jaws which are adapted to engagerone or more of the operating levers to lo-ck the same against movement. In the embodiment of my invention which is` shown inthe drawing I have provided'three jaws 10, 11, and 12, which are yadapted to lock the clutch lever 13, the reverse lever 14:, and the brake lever 15 respectively. These jaws may be adjustably mounted bymeans of screws 16, 17,

andv is, er the like, so that the device may vbe adapted for applicationto different models wherein the levers may be located in different positions. The shackle is designed :to be moved to locking or releasing position by. means of a. key and for the sake of illustration Iliave shown it in. connection. with a lock of conventional formA wherein a notch 19 is provided for engagement by the key and a tumbler 20 which is yieldingly held by a spring 21 and may be operated b v a Vkey of the proper shapeV to release the shackle for transverse movement as the key is turned.

The tumbler 2O is,of course, raised by the keys striking'the under side of its upper arm. 'Its lower arm is therefore raised from engagement with a projection 25 which extends from the back of the plate thru a slot Y Then the device is in locked position as shown in full lines, the levers are locked against movement and dowel pins 22 which are permanently secured to the plate 1 will prevent the-removal of the lock even though the screws are removed. Vhen it is desired to unlock the device the keeper 5 and the shackle carried thereby maybe raised in the guideways 3 and 4 to aposition compara-I tively remote from the operating pedals or levers. rlfhe device is held` in this position by a bolt 23 which forms a continuation of the shackle and when the key is turned to y the left engages with the recess 24 to hold the lock in thisposition. f

From the above description it will be seen that I have provided a' locking device o simple construction which may be put'on the market at popular prices and which may be very easily installed, the only tool required for the installation being a screw driver. It will also be seen that by means of this device the operating levers will be positively held in inoperative positionV and the device cannot be readily removed by an unauthorized person since the dowel pins 22 in connection with the shackle willvprevent its removal even though the screws are taken out.

I claim as my invention Y 1. In a device of the character described,

a,plate,'me'ans for secu-ring the sameto the Y floor board of an automobile, ashackle carried Vby said plate, and key actuated means for locking said shackle in position to prevent shiftinff of the operatino' levers of the l :e r; automobile, such shackle having means cofoperating with said key, whereby said shackle is shifted. by said key intoY and out of locking position.

2. in a device of a plate adapted to be .secured to the Hoor board of an automobile, a keeper longitudinally slidable in said platey a shackle trans- `versely slidable in said keeper to a position to lock or release the operating levers of an automobile, key actuated means for moving the shackle to either `of said positions and for locking' the saine to! said keeper, and means permanently secured'to the plate to prevent its removal Whilethe shackle is in locking position, said key actuated means Valso including means for looking the keeper the character described,Y

and shackle in a relatively nremote position.

from said levers so as to be out of the Way YWhen the automobile is being operated.

l have hereunto set my hand at lVlilWaukee,` Milwaukee and State or in the county of 1Wisconsin.

vLouis WEiTZMAN. Y 

